Music Reviews
My Life by Mary J. Blige
If there is such a word such as a worth buy, then I really think that My Life by Mary J. Blige is it. It is a worthy investment to be purchasing this CD album. The songs are aplenty and it is really a good bargain for money. …
Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Overview —“ Appetite For Destruction, the debut album released by Guns N’ Roses is hailed as one of the greatest debut albums ever released by a band, and after listening to this album multiple times and continuing to enjoy it, I can understand why. It’s interesting to me because …
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes (Song)
Behind Blue Eyes is a song by The Who which appears on their record Who’s Next. Unlike the traditional rock and roll sound that The Who had throughout their career, Behind Blue Eyes is certainly a ballad which carries with it a much different atmosphere and mood compared to …
Empire of the Sun: Fantastic Debut Albumn
I have just bought the new Empire of the Sun album, after having heard their debut single, ‘Walking on a Dream’. Now, having listened to the whole album a few times I am even more hooked on their style and lyrics. I will try to give my impression …
Different Gear, Still Speeding 2011 Album by Beady Eye
I was, for a very long time, a huge Oasis fan. I loved their first albums. Especially I enjoyed the second and the third albums. But all their work after 1998 left me rather disappointed. So, I was very interested as to what was going to occur after the …
Harder to breathe by Maroon Five
Harder to breathe by Maroon Five is an awesome song and the lyrics are pretty catchy. I like the beat though because of the drums and all that. This song I found by listening to it on the radio and I wanted to find out where I could get …
Exchange of Heart (song) David Slater
The sad sound of keyboard introduces this song, a ballad coming from David Slater. I have no idea who he is, what I only know is that he made a very sad song about love that can make you cry. It was popular in the 90’s but I am …
Taylor Swift’s You Belong with Me Single
I first was acquainted with Taylor Swift’s music through her single You Belong with Me. I kept hearing it over the radio and I thought it was a catchy song. I am no teenybopper but somehow it was not long before the single appealed to me. …
Green Day - Dookie
Overview —“ Dookie, Green Day’s third effort, is the album which launched them into commercial success, and for obvious reasons. After listening to the first three tracks or so you should get a sense that this album will feature some extremely catchy parts, and once you get to songs …
Taking the Long Way by The Dixie Chicks
The Dixie Chicks are a very controversial group of recording artists. A few years back, they made some statements about then president George W. Bush that were not received very well at all in the United States. Many supporters of George W. Bush also happened to be fans of …
Frank Sinatra - My Way - Single
Of all the tracks in the world that can inspire, especially if you feel you have been through a rough patch at some time in your life, then Frank Sinatra, My Way, just seems to sum everything up for you.
The song does mention quite a few things, so as …
The Yamaha DGX 305 Portable Grand
The DGX 305 Portable Grand is a 76-key keyboard from Yamaha. It comes with a user manual, accessory CD-ROM, and music rest but I bought mine from a music store that gave me a free keyboard stand and a Yamaha power supply which is good considering that the …
Ill Nino-Confession CD
This is an okay CD, but it was greatly disappointing in light of Ill Nino’s previous release Revolution/Revolucion. Their first effort was a seamless mix of hard rock and Spanish rhythms. But for this CD, they left most of their Latin flavor behind in favor of generic …
Pink Floyd - Money (Song)
Money is track a track by Pink Floyd which appears on their iconic album, The Dark Side Of The Moon. I say that the album itself is iconic but I’d also say that this track, along with many others on that album, has also become iconic in rock and …
The Dark Knight Original Soundtrack
Burton’s movies, while not perfect adaptations of Batman, did get quite a bit right. Burton did have a solid understanding of the dynamics between characters. It’s true Joker did not really kill Bruce’s parents, but I understand why they set it up that way. While he …
Can’t Fight This Feeling (song) REO Speedwagon
First, I never thought that REO Speedwagon is the name of the band who sings this song. I thought that REO Speedwagon is a name of a person. I was first introduced to REO when I was in third grade and I remember this song is playing on school …
Dash Berlin - Waiting Feat. Emma Hewitt (mixed by Sean Tyas)
Dash Berlin released this track titled “Waiting”. This was a track made in collaboration with DJ Sean Tyas. This also featured the vocals of Emma Hewitt.
This is a very good vocal trance track. The mix made by DJ Sean Tyas added more pizzazz to the track itself. The track …
Erich Konzel: Symphonic Star Trek CD
Years ago, someone introduced me to the wonderful works of Erich Kunzel, director of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. He’s really quite good. Then the opportunity came along to enjoy Kunzel’s work along with a huge favorite of mine, Star Trek. With a spoken and dramatic introduction …
Teenage Dream Music Video by Katy Perry
This video used the most simple scenes to make the video so extra special. It gave me a feeling of happiness whenever I watched it and it filled my head with good memories when I was in high school. I wouldn’t think a video by Katy Perry would be …
The Bends, 1995 Album by Radiohead
I think that The Bends is the album that best defines Radiohead. Of course one could find numerous reasons why OK Computer is a better record, but to me personally The Bends will always be on a par with OK Computer, even though it is lacking in some features …
Kings Of Leon-Charmer (song)
I recently took the time to take some time to listen to a few songs by the band Kings of Leon and there were some songs that I didn’t like and ones that I really liked. One of the songs that came up as a neutral choice was the …
The Little Girl
John Michael Montgomery sings a song called “The Little Girl”. It is a very sad song because it tells the story of a little girl who used to hide behind the couch when her parents would fight until the night that her dad killed her mom out of jealousy …
Rhapsody
Although I’m a techie, at least for the Boomer Generation, I don’t always have to the have the best and newest. I don’t buy every computer game or gizmo that comes along. I don’t have an Ipod and I don’t carry a cell phone. I can do …
The Downward Spiral, 1994 Album by Nine Inch Nails
Anybody who is not familiar with this record does not have any right to consider himself a music fan. It is the central record of the 1990s. This album is the representative of an entire generation of artists. In the 1990s industrial rock music was pretty popular, it went …
Slayer - Epidemic (Song)
Epidemic is a song by Slayer which appears on their 1986 record, Reign In Blood. The track opens up with a very rapid drum pattern by Lombardo before the guitars and bass come in to join with Lombardo. By Reign In Blood Araya has definitely developed his own vocal …
American Pie by Singer Don McLean
American Pie is a classic American song that will remain an American favorite throughout history. It was released in 1972 in honor of Buddy Holly and the plane crash that took his life along with several other people including Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. The song is all …
Tinie Tempah - Written In The Stars - Single
I wasn’t too familiar with Tinie Tempah before I saw his album advertised on the telly and often that is when you realise how many of his songs that you already knew. One stood out for me, this was Written In The Stars. I had heard it on the …
Tom Jones: The Ultimate Collection - CD
Tom Jones: The Ultimate Collection is a four CD set that comes in a red box with a smiling picture of the Welsh singer on the cover. The box is really lightweight cardboard and is vulnerable to damage. It’s not how a collection like this should be …
Toto (band)
When I was younger, even though they released most of their hits songs in the nineteen eighties, one of my favourite bands was “Toto”. How I became familiar with them was not through my parents , but I’d hear their songs play from time to time on the radio, …
Ratatat - Seventeen Years (Song)
Seventeen Years is a song by Ratatat and is the opening track to their self-title debut record. After a brief audio recording, the band launches into the main riff of the track, and I would go far as to say that if you don’t enjoy this riff, this track …
Billy Gilman’s Music Through Heart Songs
Back when my health was doing very poorly, my friend introduced me to a CD titled Music Through Heart Songs. the singer was Billy Gilman: however, the songs were actually poems written by a boy who had Muscular Dystrophy. the child was only twelve at the time, and he …
Follow the Leader, 1998 Album by Korn
This album is iconic. I was truly taken in by this music, I was drawn into it, almost disappearing in it. This music was all the rage when I was a kid, and many of my fellow teenage friends were very much into this music at the time. But …
Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion II
Use Your Illusion II is the second half of a double album released in 1991 by Guns N’ Roses. The album cover is identical except for the color layout. The album features an alternate version with alternate lyrics of Don’t Cry, the original is on the first. There is …
The Rolling Stones - Lady Jane (Song)
Lady Jane is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Aftermath. When I first listened to this track I wasn’t all that impressed with it but I think I’m beginning to develop an appreciation for the song. Lady Jane has a very English sounding tone …
Muse - Neutron Star Collision (Song)
Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) is the newest song written by Muse which was written for the purposes of being on the soundtrack for the upcoming Twilight film, which I do not keep up with so I do not know the name. Neutron Star Collision starts out in …
Fuck you right back by Frankee
Fuck you right back by Frankee is a reply to Eamon’s song fuck it. It is the other half of the story because every story has at least two sides and some times more. This is the girls side and I like it better than the guys side …
Angels and Airwaves: We Don’t Need To Whisper
I have been a fan Of Blink-182 for a very long time but when I heard that they broke up, well I was not happy. Then I learned that the lead vocalist started his own band, Angels and Airwaves, and I was curious to see how they would do. …
Gorillaz, 2001 Album by Gorillaz
I have read that this album has sold over ten million records worldwide. There must have been many reasons for that, but I would go so far as to claim that the music proper was not the biggest reason for this album’s commercial success.
I was about twelve when I …
Step Up 3d Soundtrack Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Song)
When I watched the movie Step Up 3d there was a scene in which the actors where all breakdancing and the main actress and actor were showing their moves together, and the song had a really beat to it and it really stuck on my mind. I searched for …
Album : John Waite - Rough & Tumble (2011)
As much as i respect John Waite and legacy he has left behind me so far, he isn’t one of my all-time favorites which means i can be properly subjective about his newly released album.
The short version of this is that i class it as a total disappointment, …
Something Else by Good Charlotte
Something Else by Good Charlotte is a song that I like in some ways because it is about how every one wants something else no matter what they might have. It also is talking about how you can be any thing you want to be no matter what your …
Drag-on : Opposite Of H2o cd
If you do not know who Drag-on is, he is a former Ruff Ryders artist who made several tracks with musical great DMX including �Ruff Ryders Anthem Remix� and �No Love For Me� which created a huge buzz for his first solo record titled �The Opposite of H2o�. …
Fender Squier Squier Stratocaster
Overview - This Squier Stratocaster is the first guitar I ever owned and I can safely say, speaking from a few years of experience, that it’s okay for a while just to start learning on, but once you get better - you’re going to need something a lot better …
Must Be Doing Something Right by Billy Currington
This is a song about a man making a woman happy. In our lives today, sometimes it is hard to tell what a woman really wants, especially in a relationship. When a man starts a relationship with a woman, he is basically taking a stab in the dark when …
XM Hitlist
XM hitlist is a channel on directv that is a music channel. They always have music on. I really like this channel because they have really good music on about ninety percent of the time. Whenever I want to listen to music I always turn to this channel first, …
Bob Dylan - It Ain’t Me Babe (Song)
It Ain’t Me Babe is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on Another Side Of Bob Dylan. As with many of songs from Dylan’s earlier records, the instrumentation is extremely stripped down and primarily just features an acoustic guitar playing a basic pattern which Dylan sings over and …
The Colour And The Shape
The Foo Fighters came about when the grunge band Nirvana ceased to be due to Kurt Cobain’s untimely death. I have always loved the Foo Fighters and the relationship to Nirvana has absolutely no bearing on my opinion of this cool band. I have seen them in concert as …
suds in the bucket
Suds in the bucket by Sara Evans is a song about how this girl after she turned eighteen left home and went with her boyfriend to where she wanted to go. Everybody thought she was a good little girl and now that she left they were all shocked. It …
Dimmu Borgir (band)
I am one of those people who used to think that there was nothing better than death metal in its purest form. However, when a friend of mine recommended the Symphonic Black Metal band Dimmu Borgir to me some years ago, I began to reconsider that notion because as …
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